All-optical preparation of molecular ions in the rovibrational ground state

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-278

  Schneider, T ^a   Roth, B ^a   Duncker, H ^a   Ernsting, I ^a   Schiller, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; DIMERS; GROUND STATE; ION SOURCES; IONS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; TRAPPED IONS;

FREQUENCY METROLOGY; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; HETERONUCLEAR DIATOMIC MOLECULE; HYDROGEN DEUTERIDES; INTERNAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; LONG-LIVED COHERENCES; ROTATIONAL DEGREE OF FREEDOM; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77950507242     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1605     Document Type: Article

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